1C Game Studios posted an update a couple of days ago focused on gunsights and some of the technology being used to render the various types of sights in IL-2 Series Korea. The developers say they’ve rethought their implementation so let’s have a look at what they mean.

The glow

1C Game Studios 70th developer diary for the new IL-2 Series Korea release is focused on gunsights. The developers have been busy rebuilding the art and rendering systems for their gunsights for the new sim. They reportedly used a genuine 1950s incandescent bulb that still works to measure its output and consistency. The idea is, of course, to give it a realistic appearance.

Other new features include brightness controls and added a connection to aircraft electrical system with damage causing voltage to drop and the sight to loose its illumination correspondingly. Soviet sights with a natural illumination mode lets the sight visibility to come from the sun. Gyro gunsights can be locked into place. Even the materials that make up the glass for the sight have been adjusted from before.

We’ve got a list of ten different types of sights:

• K-14B – installed in the F-51D as the standard variant
• K-14C – installed in the F-80C-10 as the standard variant and the F-51 as a modification
• Mk.18 – installed in the F-86A as the standard variant
• A-1CM – installed in the F-84E and F-86A as a modification
• PBP-1a – installed in the Yak-9P as the standard variant
• PBP-1b – installed in the pilot’s cockpit of the Il-10
• K8T – installed in the gunner’s cockpit of the Il-10
• PKI – installed in the Yak-9P as a modification
• ASP-1 – installed in the La-11 as the standard variant
• ASP-3n – installed in the MiG-15 as the standard variant and in the La-11 as a modification

Seems comprehensive to me. Read the full report here!